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Bone Ash Mask
A mask made of bone ash, worn by the oldest keepers.
The keepers, who mind the slumbering Great Ones, gained
eternal life, preserved in ashen form in a ceremony of flame
that cremated body and soul.
The long, pointed hat is a symbol of the old keepers and is
considered evidence of their companionship, forged in a
certain sin.

Bone Ash Armor
Armor made of bone ash, worn by the oldest keepers.
The keepers, who mind the slumbering Great Ones, gained
eternal life, preserved in ashen form in a ceremony of flame
that cremated body and soul.
Now, their frail armor is white and sinewy, a window into
an arcane lost art.

Antidote
Small medicinal tablets that counteract poison.
Used to treat ashen blood, the baffling sickness that ravaged
Old Yharnam long ago.
These tablets only provide short-term relief. The ashen blood
ailment eventually triggered the spread of the beastly
scourge.

Ashen Hunter Garb
Attire of the retired hunter Djura.
Painted with ash in a ceremony to ward off blood.
Djura is known through his contact with the Powder Kegs,
the heretics of the workshop. He is said to have been
both uncommonly kind and dreadfully foolish.
Djura felt defeated by the state of Old Yharnam,
and renounced his hunter's vows.

Cursed and Defiled Root Chalice
"Root chalice that breaks multiple labyrinth seals.
This cursed chalice makes a special ritual possible, but must not be used lightly, as the resulting transformation can be utterly drastic.
The old labyrinth was carved out by the Pthumerians, superhuman beings that are said to have unlocked the wisdom of the eldritch Truth."

Great Pthumeru Ihyll Chalice
A chalice that breaks a labyrinth seal.
Great chalices unlock deeper reaches of the labyrinth. Pthumeru Ihyll was the title of both the Phumerian monarch and its capital.
This reveals that while early Pthumerians were mere humble guardians of the slumbering Great Ones,
their descendants felt entitled to name themselves a leader.